Suspended senior Attorney General's Office prosecutor Cirus Sinaga submitted for questioning at Police National headquarters for his role in the handling of the Gayus Tambunan fiasco.
“He is being questioned as a witness,” National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said.
The high-profile and wealthy prosecutor was suspended after he chose not to file corruption and money laundering charges against tax official Gayus Tambunan. The Tangerang District Court acquitted Gayus of the sole embezzlement charge.
The case evolved into a major scandal after Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, who had recently lost his post as the National Police’s chief of detectives, alleged that law enforcement officers in the Gayus case had taken bribes from the defendant.
Cirus was removed from his new post as the assistant for the special crimes unit at the Central Java prosecutor’s office because of the Gayus scandal, and transferred to a less significant job in the intelligence unit. The AGO, however, has confirmed the job transfer was not a demotion.
Zainuri said besides Cirus there were three other prosecutors who were questioned. They were Fadil Regan, Ika Safitri and Ika Kurnia. They were the case examiners.
Fadil was demoted one rank for one year because he played an active role in influencing the indictment document. Eka Kurnia and Ika Safitri Salim are low-ranking officials who joined the prosecution team on the Gayus case.
According to Zainuri, the police had sent an official letter to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji asking for permission to question the four officials but the police had not sent official summonses to the officials. “All of them came by their own consent,” he said.
The questioning is ongoing.
“He is being questioned as a witness,” National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said.
The high-profile and wealthy prosecutor was suspended after he chose not to file corruption and money laundering charges against tax official Gayus Tambunan. The Tangerang District Court acquitted Gayus of the sole embezzlement charge.
The case evolved into a major scandal after Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, who had recently lost his post as the National Police’s chief of detectives, alleged that law enforcement officers in the Gayus case had taken bribes from the defendant.
Cirus was removed from his new post as the assistant for the special crimes unit at the Central Java prosecutor’s office because of the Gayus scandal, and transferred to a less significant job in the intelligence unit. The AGO, however, has confirmed the job transfer was not a demotion.
Zainuri said besides Cirus there were three other prosecutors who were questioned. They were Fadil Regan, Ika Safitri and Ika Kurnia. They were the case examiners.
Fadil was demoted one rank for one year because he played an active role in influencing the indictment document. Eka Kurnia and Ika Safitri Salim are low-ranking officials who joined the prosecution team on the Gayus case.
According to Zainuri, the police had sent an official letter to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji asking for permission to question the four officials but the police had not sent official summonses to the officials. “All of them came by their own consent,” he said.
The questioning is ongoing.
